David Ortiz will be on the bench for the 4th time in eight games. Victor Martinez will be the DH, with Jason Varitek (who hit 2 dongs off Cecil last May 20) behind the plate.

Some of Peter Abraham's game notes: Red Sox relievers have pitched 71 innings; in the AL, only the Tigers (72.2) have thrown more. Adrian Beltre is 8 of his last 17, Dustin Pedroia is 8 of 19, and J.D. Drew is 7 of 23. Victor Martinez hasn't had an extra-base hit since April 15 (almost two weeks).

jays tv pat tabler says tito has been doing different stuff to get the offense going this month - like bunching the good hitters together, starting putting pedroia, martinez and yook together in the order

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because before tito had pedroia hit 2nd, yook was #6 and martinez was maybe 8 or 9 ...

I find Tek mildly physically attractive---he's not really my type. I just like him because I like catchers generally, he was at one time decent both at the plate and behind the plate, and he has a calm demeanor most of the time. I don't like the whackjobs who have fits every time something doesn't go their way. Though I did love Tek pushing his glove into ARod's ugly face.

jays guys amazed that teams passed on lester -- don't they know that while he was good int he minors, he was dice before dice -- took forever to pitch, walked guys, loaded bases, got out of jams. HE was houdini! he became dynamite only in the last couple of years.

.... so obvious these guys do no research and have not done any for years!

I'm wondering what sort of pressure is being/can be put on MLB and the teams that participate in the Cactus league to pull out of Arizona. There's a large enough number of players who are latino that they could make the argument that their players aren't safe there, regardless of their legal status.

nick said... I'm wondering what sort of pressure is being/can be put on MLB and the teams that participate in the Cactus league to pull out of Arizona. There's a large enough number of players who are latino that they could make the argument that their players aren't safe there, regardless of their legal status.

I understand the profiling issue......but what are some of the things they could do find illegal immigrants?

One of the components of the law allows them to arrest legal residents (native-born or otherwise) who are unable to provide documentation at the time of their status.

I understand the law , and it does seem a bit over the top....I am just wondering what else can officials do to find illegal immigrants, and not be so intrusive. Is there anything, or do we wait till they committ a crime or are ratted out by somebody?